Jennifer Gardner and Ty Burell (Phil from Modern Family) as the main leads. Quirky, fun little comedy centered about butter sculpting. I'd say it's worth your 90 minutes if you like a mildly engaging story with plenty of good laughs. The wife and I enjoyed it.

Jennifer Gardner and Ty Burell (Phil from Modern Family) as the main leads. Quirky, fun little comedy centered about butter sculpting. I'd say it's worth your 90 minutes if you like a mildly engaging story with plenty of good laughs. The wife and I enjoyed it.

Watched the Secret Life of Walter Mitty. I was actually really impressed. It totally exceeded my expectations in a good way. Touching movie that makes you want to get off your ass and do something with your pathetic life...

I need suggestions for family friendly movies that aren't the typical animated Pixar stuff because my kids have seen all of those. Things along the lines of Jumanji, Ghostbusters, Willow, Star Wars, The Hobbit, Harry Potter, etc...

I'd prefer movies with enough complexity to keep adults entertained, but they've got to be off the beaten path a bit. Classics with some artistic merit are preferred. We're talking a mature (too mature) 6 year old and a 9 year old here. The Hobbit is about as far as I'll go with the six year old as far as adult themes, and I caved on that one in a moment of weakness (I wanted to see the damned thing too, and I figured letting him see it was my best bet).

Some others they've enjoyed lately:
Escape to Witch Mountain
The Last Mimzy
Air Bud and all the "buddy" movies (groan, I can't stand watching these).

I'm thinking I may hit up all the Miyazaki movies soon. They saw Ponyo when they were younger, but I think they'd like all of them. My older child is obsessed with movies (like on the verge of Asperger's obsessed), so I'd like for him to at least watch stuff that isn't total shit, as he'll sit there and watch Super Buddies, Air Bud, Santa Buddies, and that dreck over and over if I let him, which causes no end of fights about what we're going to watch on family movie nights.

Watched the Secret Life of Walter Mitty. I was actually really impressed. It totally exceeded my expectations in a good way. Touching movie that makes you want to get off your ass and do something with your pathetic life...

Yep. I really liked it as well. Lots of funny moments as well. But something doesn't make sense...

Spoiler!

Sean O'Connel supposedly puts the picture for the cover in the wallet he gives Walter. However, the picture that ends up being on the cover (and later in the wallet) is a picture of Walter looking for the missing picture outside the building. Sean took that picture after he sent the wallet and after he went to Walter's mom's house to ask for Walter's schedule. It wouldn't be possible for that picture to be in the wallet the whole time. So how did that picture get into the wallet?

Yep. I really liked it as well. Lots of funny moments as well. But something doesn't make sense...

Spoiler!

Sean O'Connel supposedly puts the picture for the cover in the wallet he gives Walter. However, the picture that ends up being on the cover (and later in the wallet) is a picture of Walter looking for the missing picture outside the building. Sean took that picture after he sent the wallet and after he went to Walter's mom's house to ask for Walter's schedule. It wouldn't be possible for that picture to be in the wallet the whole time. So how did that picture get into the wallet?

Spoiler!

... maybe it wasn't there to start, because the point was to get Walter out there to explore the world and not simply through other people's eyes (or photos). Much like Sean talking about some of his most beautiful moments he never captures on film because he's simply soaking up the "now".